I received my Sigma DP2M yesterday. I'm working on an iMac OS 10.8.2 and have current software for the camera and SPP. I have tried saving RAW X3F files to a folder on the desktop. But, I cannot figure out how SPP can see the files to work on. I have also tried starting SPP and then turning on the camera. The files appear in the working window and I can process them and save as TIFF files but the camera is on the whole time. if I shut the camera down, the files vanish from the working windows. So, I need help with the initial stages of a workflow. I generally think of myself as being of at least average or better intelligence (until to today).Thanks

Funny thing, you'd almost think it was designed to make it that easy for you.

If you're right about that, that is about the only thing that was designed to make it easy.

For instance, I set up three folders, one called RAW, into which I copy or use Bridge to copy, the X3f files onto the computer.The second file is called Converted Raws, into which I save the white balanced Tiff's. It is also the Lightroom watched folder so that LR imports the Tiff's, moving them into the third folder. I then do some processing in LR on the Tiffs.

My plan for the future, when LR supports the camera, I'll simple import with move from RAW to my standard folder structure.

One of my problems with SPP is that it forgets where I last saved images, and have to tell it to copy to Converted Raws, then OK the selection of the output folder and then OK the save.

One of my problems with SPP is that it forgets where I last saved images, and have to tell it to copy to Converted Raws, then OK the selection of the output folder and then OK the save.

Just like the early days of Photoshop when it didn't retain it's last setup. This comes as no surprise to me because Sigma is a pretty tiny company to be developing their own raw conversion app and doing all the R&D on the sensor, lenses and camera.

In a world economy where SONY is struggling financially, while making some of the best sensors in the business and selling in much larger numbers, Sigma is probably trying to just get the job done with SPP until Adobe picks up the ball.

Think about it, how many photographers do you know that use Canon's raw converter ? And they're a goliath company compared to Sigma.

I received my Sigma DP2M yesterday. I'm working on an iMac OS 10.8.2 and have current software for the camera and SPP. I have tried saving RAW X3F files to a folder on the desktop. But, I cannot figure out how SPP can see the files to work on. I have also tried starting SPP and then turning on the camera. The files appear in the working window and I can process them and save as TIFF files but the camera is on the whole time. if I shut the camera down, the files vanish from the working windows. So, I need help with the initial stages of a workflow. I generally think of myself as being of at least average or better intelligence (until to today).Thanks

Just to add to this, my workflow at the start is to copy all my images off the card, then drag them into the SPP icon (which I keep in the dock). That opens the one you dragged in for editing, and also opens the thumbnail browser in that directory.

You can also browse from SPP into wherever you are keeping your images, you just have to go from the very top level - Users/your username/directory.